“Mo Ziyan is all-powerful in Liang Kingdom. Is he so easy to shake?” Jiang Shuyue asked with some concern.

Xiao Jingzhao looked up at the bright moon hanging in the vast night sky. "Nothing is unshakeable. Those people followed Mo Ziyan in the past only because he was the most likely of the Liang princes to succeed to the throne."

"Now that the position of crown prince has a legitimate heir, anyone with a modicum of sense will switch sides and pledge allegiance to the new master."

"Besides, Mo Ziyan was born to a princess from the Nanzhao Kingdom who was sent to marry a foreign ruler, so the possibility of him succeeding to the throne was not high to begin with."

Xiao Jingzhao paused and then said:

"Loyalty becomes cheap when faced with interests and future prospects."

Jiang Shuyue breathed a huge sigh of relief, "I hope he can get back on his feet soon."

Xiao Jingzhao did not elaborate on the examples of Mo Zixuan's ruthless actions in Liang, which terrified the Liang ministers, for fear that saying so would be considered to defame his image.

“Moon Lady, please stop calling me Emperor. Just call me A-Zhao, just like you call A-Jin.”

Jiang Shuyue was trying to figure out how to respond to this.

Suddenly, she stepped on a protruding pebble, stumbled, lost her balance, and was about to fall.

In that split second, a large hand steadily supported her lower back, pulling her firmly into its embrace.

"careful."

Xiao Jingzhao's voice was deep and magnetic, filled with concern and tension.

She instinctively looked up and met his gaze. In the moonlight, his eyes were gentle and tender, as if they could melt a person's heart.

He exuded a familiar, cool bamboo scent, and through their thin clothes, they could feel each other's body temperature.

Jiang Shuyue suddenly realized that her body seemed to enjoy the feeling of being in his arms.

Her heart skipped a beat, and a faint blush rose to her cheeks. The two embraced intimately, the air around them seeming to freeze, leaving only the sound of their breaths mingling together.

A moment later, Jiang Shuyue realized that the two of them were too intimate, and quickly steadied herself and took a step back. "Thank you, I'll have someone smooth the road surface again tomorrow."

Originally, this section of the road was paved with stone slabs, but Jiang Shuyue specially had smooth pebbles embedded in the ground in order to create a foot massage surface.

After finishing this section of the road, she realized it was all for nothing; she usually doesn't have time to get a foot massage.

As if sensing her shyness and nervousness, Xiao Jingzhao smiled and quietly continued walking forward.

But the sudden sense of intimacy still left Jiang Shuyue feeling unsettled for a long time.

She had read so many storybooks, all of which mentioned that people have magnetic fields, and that the human body can automatically identify magnetic fields. Only people with the same magnetic field will be willing to get close to each other.

Xiao Jingzhao was in a good mood, and the air in the Jiang residence was filled with a sweet scent.

Seeing that Jiang Shuyue was looking away, Xiao Jingzhao did not continue the previous topic.

Jiang Shuyue mentally calculated Su Hui's pregnancy period and concluded that the fetus should have started to move.

She asked, "Now that the border wars have subsided, I wonder if Her Majesty the Empress Dowager will return to the capital soon?"

Xiao Jingzhao thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps not. We should wait until my brother's first child is born before returning to the capital."

"I wonder how skilled the midwives are in the Prince's residence?"

Jiang Shuyue asked tentatively, fearing that sending a female physician to the Prince's residence so rashly might be seen as overstepping her bounds.

Xiao Jingzhao was like a mind reader to her; he understood her thoughts with just one sentence.

"There are midwives in the Prince's mansion, but their medical skills are not as good as the female doctors you have trained."

As he spoke, he placed a hand on Jiang Shuyue's shoulder, his gaze filled with warmth, "Could you lend me two female physicians, Yue Niang? I will send someone to Yannan to escort them, and once my sister-in-law has successfully given birth to her son, I will bring the physicians back to the capital."

Xiao Jingzhao suddenly realized that he was always attracted to the little woman in front of him.

However, he quickly withdrew his hand after realizing it was inappropriate.

Jiang Shuyue thought for a moment and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking. There's a huge shortage of female doctors. Once we train more female doctors, we can send them to various places to help more women."

The next day, Jiang Shuyue instructed Gao Mu to inform all the shop assistants and manager of the grain shop to take a holiday.

She saw patients at the clinic in the morning. After lunch, Qiuju, as usual, gave her water to wash up.

"Miss, there are no patients at the clinic at noon. You can go and rest. I'll take a nap on the small couch outside."

Jiang Shuyue washed her hands and took the cotton handkerchief handed to her by Qiuju, saying, "It's been a long time since I've sent food to Su Nan and my aunt. This afternoon, go to the restaurant and buy two portions of roast goose. Send one portion to the Su residence and take the other portion home. I'll call a carriage to go back later. You don't need to ask Gao Mu and Cang Yun to pick me up."

Qiu Ju gladly accepted the order.

She secretly guessed that the Emperor, rain or shine, came to the Jiang residence every day to have dinner with Miss.

The young lady was finally moved by the emperor. Wasn't this clearly a recipe for a delicious meal for the emperor?

Jiang Shuyue told the female doctors about arranging for the two of them to go to Yannan. She told them to discuss it among themselves and also to go home and discuss it with their families.

Yinqiao and Dingxiang said they didn't need to consult their families; they could make the decision themselves.

Jiang Shuyue immediately told them to get ready, as guards from the palace could come at any time to take them to Yannan.

After Qiuju left the clinic, Jiang Shuyue went out and hailed a carriage to go to the grain shop.

She had the key to the back door of the grain shop.

After getting off the carriage, we took a detour through the main street and entered a back alley.

The alley was deserted. Jiang Shuyue quickly opened the door and slipped into the backyard.

Fortunately, the grain store's warehouse was large enough. Now that the country is peaceful and the people are at peace, rice prices in the capital are stable, and there isn't much grain stored in the warehouse.

The shop had no shortage of burlap sacks, and it took Jiang Shuyue two and a half hours to fill all the burlap sacks in the warehouse with seeds.

Seeing that the warehouse was piled up to the brim, leaving no room to even step, Jiang Shuyue breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave.

Three days later, Xiao Jingzhao's men arrived as promised, filling more than twenty carriages to be sent to various prefectures and counties in Wanling.

Jiang Shuyue only breathed a sigh of relief when someone from the palace came and sent Yinqiao and Dingxiang to Yannan.

That evening, Xiao Jingzhao brought Sui Sui home, along with Chang Le and Su Nan.

Just as Qiuju was about to ask the kitchen to add more food, she saw Xiangsong and Xiangyang each carrying two large food boxes and walking towards the flower hall.

"Sister-in-law, please wait a moment. Today, the master brought a lot of imperial food for the young lady. I'll send a portion over to Brother Gao and Brother Cangyun in a bit." Xiangyang smiled obsequiously.

Ever since he started coming to the Jiang residence with his master, Xiangyang's mouth has become incredibly sweet, as if he's afraid that people might accidentally bring up the past events in Yannan again.

Chang Le acted as if she hadn't seen Jiang Shuyue in a long time, pulling her along and talking about everything. Sui Sui couldn't get close to her, so she could only sit next to her father and look longingly at her mother.

"Sister Yue'er, do you know? Those ministers are urging the Emperor to select concubines again, but he has refused again. When will Sister Yue'er and the Emperor hold their wedding ceremony? Chang Le is really looking forward to it."

Jiang Shuyue looked up at Sui Sui, who blinked and said, "Mother, we all agree."

When Xiao Jingzhao saw Jiang Shuyue glaring at him, he quickly smiled apologetically, "Yue Niang, I will wait for you to change your mind. I didn't teach them to say these words."